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<strong>Doctors in Vadodara worked hard for four hours to rebuild a 26-year-old man&rsquo;s face which had been badly disfigured due a bear attack.</strong></p>
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This complicated and long surgery took place at the Government&rsquo;s SSG Hospital in the city and required 300 stitches. While it was done free of cost, the same procedure would have been expensive in a private hospital.</p>
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It was on the first of this year that Dharmesh Rathwa, resident of Ambapur village in Pavijetpur taluka of Chhota Udepur, was attacked by a bear. He was returning from his farm in the evening around 7.30 p.m. when the creature attacked him severely injuring his forehead, eyelids, nose and cheeks.</p>
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He was rushed to the Pavi Jetpur Community Health Centre and on diagnosing his condition critical, given immediate first aid. Later, he was admitted to SSG Hospital with one-third face completely damaged.</p>
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&ldquo;When he was brought to us, his face was covered with seeds, dust, leaves and stones. We had to first stabilise him, provide rabies, tetanus and antibiotic shots, conduct a CT scan before operating upon him to reconstruct the face,&rdquo; Dr Shailesh Kumar Soni, Head of the Department of Plastic Surgery and Associate Professor at SSG Hospital told TOI.</p>
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Dr. Soni along with his team conducted the four-hour-long surgery assisted by a group of anaesthetists.</p>
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Sharing details about the surgery Dr. Soni said: &ldquo;We recovered some portions from the crushed part. For the rest, we used titanium plates and mesh to reconstruct the face. Putting together all the parts of the bones was like a puzzle.&rdquo;</p>
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He added that fortunately, there were soft tissues that could be used to put the face together which was functional.</p>
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At present, Rathwa is recovering and is on a liquid diet. Able to move his eyes, he has no problem breathing.</p>
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